Booktalk+Rubric


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**Booktalk Rubric** || **Criteria** || 3 || 2 ||  1 || **Quality of Writing** || Written booktalk is free of grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, and concisely summarizes the main problems or conflicts in the story. || Written booktalk contains a few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, and somewhat establishes the main problems or conflicts in the story. || Written booktalk contains numerous grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors, and/or does not impart the main problems or conflicts in the story. || **Bibliographic information** || Student includes an error-free annotated bookmark or bibliography of 3-5 related titles or “readalikes” to accompany booktalk. || Student includes an annotated bookmark or bibliography of 3-5 related titles that contained grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors, to accompany booktalk. || Student fails to include an annotated bookmark or bibliography of related titles to accompany booktalk. || **Technique** || Student successfully incorporates one of the techniques demonstrated in class, or one from another booktalk resource, and effectively uses good public speaking skills: voice projection, open body language, eye contact, dramatic pauses. || Student attempts one of the techniques demonstrated in class or from another booktalk source, shows knowledge of and enthusiasm for the book being discussed. || Student delivers a book report or summary that does not reveal an adequate knowledge of or enthusiasm for the book and/or does not effectively use good public speaking skills. || **Mention of title/author** || Student states the title and the author of the book at both the beginning and the end of the booktalk. || Student states the title and the author of the book once during the booktalk. || No mention of the author and/or title is given during the booktalk. || **Ease of delivery, use of notes** || Talk was well-rehearsed, student referred to notes only occasionally during the booktalk  || Talk was moderately rehearsed, student referred to notes several times during the booktalk. || Talk was unrehearsed, student read entire booktalk from notes. || **Length** || Booktalk is the appropriate length of 2-5 minutes || Booktalk nominally exceeds or falls short of the appropriate length of 2-5 minutes || No attention was paid to the length of the booktalk || **Time_______**  **Total points________**